00927pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002300040245005900063260000900122300001600131362001100147520058000158650002100738773003400759180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSomanathan, Rohini  aAssumptions and arithmetic of caste-based reservations  c2006  ap.2436-438.  a17 Jun  aThere is reason to be cautious in the use of affirmative action policies to achieve equality in access to higher education. There appears to be considerable heterogeneity within the broad social groupings that are currently used and differences in the extent to which groups that were traditionally disadvantaged have managed to extract benefits from the state. Affirmative action policies that target broad social groups are not going to act as powerful tools of social justice - too many of the disadvantaged will be excluded in favour of the more privileged. - Reproduced.  aBackward classes  aEconomic and Political Weekly